Man Is An Animal That Makes Bargains:

I Have No Great Faith In Political Arithmetic, And I Mean Not To Warrant The Exactness Of Either Of These Computations.

Great Ambition, The Desire Of Real Superiority, Of Leading And Directing, Seems To Be Altogether Peculiar To Man, And Speech Is The Great Instrument Of Ambition.

The Sneaking Arts Of Underling Tradesmen Are Thus Erected Into Political Maxims For The Conduct Of A Great Empire; For It Is The Most Underling Tradesmen Only Who Make It A Rule To Employ Chiefly Their Own Customers. A Great Trader Purchases His Good Always Where They Are Cheapest And Best, Without Regard To Any Little Interest Of This Kind.

This Is One Of Those Cases In Which The Imagination Is Baffled By The Facts.

Though The Principles Of The Banking Trade May Appear Somewhat Abstruse, The Practice Is Capable Of Being Reduced To Strict Rules. To Depart Upon Any Occasion From Those Rules, Is Consequence Of Some Flattering Speculation Of Extraordinary Gain, Is Almost Always Extremely Dangerous, And Frequently Fatal To The Banking Company Which Attempts It.